Welcome September... what a great month you are! The last night of the Bears preseason games too. GO BEARS!
Isaac gained weight today!!! yippee... kind of... they weighed him today with all of his head gear on, which they didn't do yesterday. So it isn't an accurate reading. However, I did get confirmation from one of the nurses that they will weigh him consistantly from now on and that is with his gear.. until of course he is ready to move out of it. I did receive good news. My breast milk does have enough calories and fat per ounce. They were concerned that might be the reason he isn't gaining... so I will continue to pump every 2 hours...
I held him today just in my arms, like a normal baby. It was glorious. I got to talk directly to his face. Inches away. Oh my sweet boy!!! However, I was short of punching the respiratory specialist today. The doctor came in and suggested since the C-PAP isn't bubbling consistantly to move him to the nasal cannula. You have seen this type, it is just the prongs in the nose that has oxygen flowing to them on a continuous basis. Well, when they tried it, he started to not breath and turn blue... while I was holding him. I wanted to cry. So when they go the C-PAP back on him and stable, in walks the respiratory specialist who proceeds to think he needs new prongs. They removed the prongs again and as she was putting the smaller ones on the tube, she dropped them on the floor...again, while he was in my arms. There were 5 people standing around me at the time. Finally the head nurse comes over, after they got the C-PAP on him again and said "let mom enjoy her boy." So everyone walked away. Afterwards I spoke the word over him, declared peace and that no weapon formed against him shall prosper. I sang to him too. He even had tears in his eyes from the whole ordeal. The nurse said he was so mad his heart rate went high. She said that she was not going to let anyone but daddy touch him for the rest of the day. Of course they did what they needed for him, but nothing excessive.
When I left he was wrapped like a burrito to keep his arms and legs from moving. I was temped to stop by Taco Bell on the way home to get my own burrito!!
Thank you for your prayers and reading my babbling! Here's to tomorrow's weight gain! I love you all!
So glad to hear he gained. Visiting you yesterday inspired me to go back and read my daily journal on Gregory that I kept while in the NICU. I was realizing as I was talking to you how many things I had forgotten about his stay in the NICU. He was actually born at 2lbs. 5 ounces- just like Isaac and 14.25 inches long. Can't believe how close they were. I found myself journaling a lot about them taking him off the CPAP and then needing to put him back on. Then I noticed in my writing that on two separate occasions Gregory actually pulled the CPAP right out of his nose. Thought you would find that amusing. Each time he did it the doctors took it as a sign he wanted to go on the canula. The first time, he had to go back on the CPAP and the second time it stuck (for a while until he had his surgery). There is something about those preemies. They are just feisty. Well I am hoping we will see continued weight gain in Isaac and soon they can try him on that canula and see success. It WILL happen! Hang in there- Love Suz! PS- glad you got to hold him today.
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